In-House Course

Duration

Venue

Who should attend?

This medication course has been designed for anyone who deals with medication when in the caring environment

Course Content

The course will cover:

Legislation relating to Medication

Policies and Procedures

Do’s & Don’t in relation to Medication

Types of medication and routes of entry

5 Rights of medication

Your role & responsibility

Reporting and Recording

Benefits of the course

By attending the course you will gain knowledge and information on your role and responsibility in relation to prompting, assisting and/or administering medication to others. This course does not only benefit a care/support worker, but also relates to anyone who comes into contact with medication of any kind. Each learner will gain an insight of the importance of medication, and also the consequences of incorrect medication.

QCF Link(s)

Menter Training is currently in the process of mapping this course to QCF standards

Assessment

Throughout the course learners will be assessed by questions and answering sessions and activities. At the end of the course there will be a multiple choice test paper for each learner to complete